Fastener for hat-trimmings



(No Model.)

G. BARNUM.

FASTENER FOR HAT TRIMMINGS.

No. 588,851. Patented Aug. 24,1897.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH By w ATTORNEYS.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-eR'Aon BARNUM, or ARCADE, NEW YQRK.

FASTEN ER FOR HAT-TRIMMINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,851, dated August 24, 1897.

Application filed March 9 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE BARNUM, of Arcade, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fastener for Hat-Trimmings and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved fastener designed for conveniently and quickly fastening feathers,

flowers, jets, and other trimmings and articles 1 to hats and other devices.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improve ment as applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the improvement.

The improved fastener, as illustrated in the drawings, is preferably formed of two pieces of wire twisted together at their middle to form the twisted body part A, the wires ter-.

minating at the ends of the twisted part in the V-shaped arms A A A A each pair of arms forming a diamond-shaped end for the body composed of the twisted part A'of the said ends. This body part is adapted to rest lengthwise on the article B to be fastened to the hat 0 or other article. The wires, afterforming the ends of the body, are twisted to form flanges A A, bent over so as to extend over the ends of the body, and the inner ends of the said flanges terminate in transverselyextending arms A A and A A respectively, from which extend downwardly prongs A A and A A respectively. The arms A A A A are sufficiently long to bring the prongs a suitable distance from the side edges of the body, so that when the latter is placed Serial No. 626,583. (No model.)

upon the article B the said prongs pass through the hat 0 or other article without touching the article B,which is solely engaged by the body of the fastener. The extreme ends of the prongs are then clenched on the inside or under sideof the hat 0, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, so as to securely fasten the article Bin place, it being understood that the fastener-body by covering the article B for quite a distanceis securely held in-place by the fastener,which latter is attached to the hat at four points by the four prongs. It will further'be seen that when the device is applied the transverse arms A A A A bear down on the end arms A A A A so as to drive the body securely in contact with the article B and to press the latter in firm contact with the hat 0, so that the two parts are securely fastened together.

It will be seen that the device described is very simple and durable in construction, can

be cheaply manufactured, and readily applied to secure one part to the other without sewin g. It is further evident that by the arrange ment described a trimming can be readily removed from a hat by again opening the prongs and withdrawing the fastener to use the same for attaching another trimming in place on the hat. Thetwisted parts A, A and A give considerable strength to the fastener.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A fastener, consisting of two pieces of wire secured together to form a body, the wires be yond saidbody portion being spread apartscribed.

GRACE BARNUM.

WVitnesses:

J. S. CHURLES,

W. F. BENJAMIN. 

